This is a really momentous occasion in the life of any company...it's first dividend.

May there be many more and ever increasing!

Hip hip Hooray! Hip hip Hooray! Hip hip Hooray! Three cheers for Steve and the team at NavraInvest.

Nigel

This is a general comment only and does not constitute advice. Before making legal or financial decisions you should seek advice from a professional adviser, who can take into account your specific circumstances and investment goals.

If you have funds invested in the Navra Income Fund and shares in NavraInvest...then aren't the management fees now being taken from the income fund effectively being paid back to you as dividends??

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Yes, isn't that the point of dividends ? They come from profits, and profits come from the fees that the fund manager charges. Nothing unusual there - it's exactly the same with Platinum Asset Management or any other listed fund manager.

As a shareholder you not only get a slice of your own fees back as dividends, you get a slice of everyone else's too!

You have such a succinct way of putting things Sim, makes it easy to understand. Is there anywhere on NavraInvest where we can read about the share dividend. We are shareholders and are thrilled at the prospect of getting a return but have seen nothing 'official' from NavraInvest as yet.
Cheers

You have such a succinct way of putting things Sim, makes it easy to understand. Is there anywhere on NavraInvest where we can read about the share dividend. We are shareholders and are thrilled at the prospect of getting a return but have seen nothing 'official' from NavraInvest as yet.
Cheers

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Received letter from NI today. They plan on a quarterly dividend! Divies are usually semi-annual so that's something different.

Nigel

This is a general comment only and does not constitute advice. Before making legal or financial decisions you should seek advice from a professional adviser, who can take into account your specific circumstances and investment goals.

If you have funds invested in the Navra Income Fund and shares in NavraInvest...then aren't the management fees now being taken from the income fund effectively being paid back to you as dividends??

GSJ

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"Next contestant, GSJ. Subject - The Bleedin' Obvious"

As per Sim's explanation, I don't really see the issue. Bit like saying the missus puts a meal on the table with the ingredients funded by your pay cheque ? Who's got a problem with that ? (other than the obvious sexist connotations, in which case swap 'missus' for 'hubby' )

It does fit in nicely with the philosophy of providing 'regular income' though so maybe we shouldn't be surprised. I like it.

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I like it too. As the company grows the dividends will increase. The company's FUM was about $78M when I first got in and now heading towards $250M (not quite). Eventually share holders will be getting a 10percent annualised return from the income fund and 10percent from the share fund plus capital growth from the shares. And there is always another company out there that will see Navra as a threat and make an offer to buy out at perhaps $5+ a share?

Received letter from NI today. They plan on a quarterly dividend! Divies are usually semi-annual so that's something different.

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I own a small number of shares in NI, so I'm happy that it will be paying distributions, but I'm not overly excited yet - at 1.5c I may be able to buy some fish and chips for the family this week-end with the amount I'll be getting

I own a small number of shares in NI, so I'm happy that it will be paying distributions, but I'm not overly excited yet -
John.

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John,

To be fair the shares are biased towards growth as are any IP's you have. The rent from the properties and distributions from the company shares make me feel a bit warm and fuzzy until the capital growth comes..

To be fair the shares are biased towards growth as are any IP's you have. The rent from the properties and distributions from the company shares make me feel a bit warm and fuzzy until the capital growth comes..

L. Street

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I agree. I did not buy the NI shares for an income stream, which I why I do not expect to ever be excited by these distributions. I bought in the last round of offers I think, @ $2.50, so this distribution represents a yield of 0.6%. If the distributions ever get up to 20c/year I'll be very happy

As shares were issued/purchased at anything from $1 to $2.50, what is the current value of the shares since they are not publicly listed to trade? If you purchasing at $1 a 10% return might be nice, however if you were later in the equation at $2.50 a 1.5c. dividend is not going to get you too excited for a while!!

I'm not a NavraInvest shareholder. That was suggested as part of my NFS financial plan, but the lack of public listing (hence hard to trade) and the lack of dividend history meant I saw it as a high risk investment.

As such, I didn't buy any. And two years on, I'm pretty happy with that decision. A single dividend payment of 1.5c on $2.50 over what would have been a two year investment timeframe is a yield of 0.3%. I think investing those dollars in the ASX or in the Navra funds themselves represented a much more prudent investment.

However, I recognise that a lot of NavraInvest share holders see this as their little speckie on the side. For that purpose, it can make sense to have it in your portfolio. I also have a few speckies, just not NavraInvest. Good luck with it!

We paid top freight ($2.50) for our shares and I am still completely comfortable with the decision and how it relates to our strategy. The investment is in the name of our Super Fund, and it meets the objectives of the fund as a long term investment to generate wealth for its members. The 1.5 cent dividend isn't going to see anyone retiring rich, but hopefully in 15-20 years the value of the NI company will more than likely see them straight. Hindsight is a wonderful thing - we'll see what I'm saying in 20 years (other than "Pass me my walking frame Gladys"

PS I don't think an 'accounting' value would set these at $2.50 yet p), given the most recent sale on eBay was around $1 and they're only worth what someone else is prepared to pay. Anyhoo, slow and steady wins the race ...

Lets put it this way - from what I understand there are 20 million shares in the company?
From here on in the value of the FUM should continue to increase - and the costs of running the business will increase , but not by too much.
By my workings , for every 100 million more FUM the 1.5% odd fee equates to 1.5 mill - divided by 20 = an extra 7.5c per share dividend. Take away possible extra costs for more staff and it may end up being an extra 6c per share div for each 100 mill extra FUM.
So when the FUM reaches 420 mill , the dividend should be somewhere between 15 and 20c per share each year.
At that point the share price will be worth more than the $2.50 that is was bought for.
So next question is - how long until FUM reaches around 400 mill - probably sometime in 2009 by my guess .
Anyway , time will tell.